Archive for August, 2012

Anson and I have been looking forward to the Renaissance Fair for months now! Today was the day 🙂

We got there and were immediately impressed by all of the costumes. We tried to get pictures of some of them, but people were moving pretty quickly:

My personal favorite was this family:

As we walked by, we overheard this conversation:

Little Girl: I’m the Fairy Butterfly Princess

Big Scary Dad: No, I’M the Fairy Butterfly Princess

Little Girl: But I’m the Fairy Butterfly Princess

Big Scary Dad: Nope, I’m the Fairy Butterfly Princess

Too cute 🙂

My “big fun thing” for the day was getting my hair braided. It was neat because you could request something specific or just tell them a price and let them have braider’s play time (which is, of course, what I did). Here are some pictures of the process and the final product:

Notice the cat ears? So fun!

There were a ton of shows going on all over the place. We didn’t sit and watch any of them, but we did check quite a few of them out.

Dancing around the Maypole:

Sword-fighting Lessons:

Robin Hood-type Show:

Fire-eaters:

Angry Pirates about to Riot:

And lots of musical acts:

Now this was interesting. They got 2 groups of kids/people in a ring and gave them nerf weapons. Then, they let them battle. It was pretty cool 🙂

One of the things we decided to try was weapon throwing. We had a choice between stars (easiest), knives (medium), and axes (hard). We decided to go for knives. I got some pretty awesome shots of Anson. He got some…well…shots of me 😛

At least I can say I actually got a knife to stick on the target! Yay me!

I had a lot of fun checking out the animals. So many people bring their pets to the Fair. I need to get a pet that will go to this kind of thing with me.

This guy’s cat wore a costume and sat on his shoulder all day. Awesome!

Shetland Pony!

What’s a Renaissance Fair without camel rides?

Lots of dogs, but only one breed caught my eye. The Irish Wolfhound. They are HUGE and SWEET!

The owner had brought 4 dogs with him and I loved them. I asked a few questions about the breed. To give you some perspective—one of these dogs weights 165 lbs. Now, how to convince Anson to like these dogs…hmm…